Category Archives: CAT III- Asian

Short Description of CAT III Films:
CAT III, otherwise known as Category 3 is the rating system used on Extreme horror and exploitation films from the Asian market. While the films range from extremely disturbing horror to pornographic, this list is primarily focused on the Horror related titles. Soft porn for Asian films are also classified under “Pinku” (pink film) though when the filmmakers blend extreme violence, torture, gore or taboo subject matter with these elements it is more commonly referred to as a CAT III classified film.

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Film Review: A Day Without Policemen (Mou jing shi fen) (1993) – CAT III

Posted on 05/18/2011 by David L Tamarin

SYNOPSIS:

Simon Yam plays a former big city cop who had a very bad experince with an AK-47. So he’s been assigned duty on one of the Hong Kong Islands as a police chief of a small village. He spends most of his time drinking beer and smoking hash while daydreaming. But when a group of thugs armed with AK-47′s and .45′s invade his terrain, he must over come his fear of that weapon… More

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Film Review: Rape in Public Sea (1993) – CAT III

Posted on 05/03/2011 by David L Tamarin

SYNOPSIS:

 A group of bad guys kill a bunch of innocent people, and rape and kill a woman in front of her husband. The bad guys are from Hong Kong, their victims Vietnamese. The Vietnamese surviving victims band together to take revenge on the bad guys. There is a lot of gratuitous sex, fighting, shooting, raping, violence, and breasts. It’s a revenge film, and the director is as breast-obsessed as Russ Meyer.

REVIEW:

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Film Review: Beautiful Teacher in Torture Hell (1985) – CAT III

Posted on 04/25/2011 by David L Tamarin

Oniroku Dan: Bikyoshi jigokuzeme (original title)

SYNOPSIS:

Ran Masaki plays a beautiful teacher who is transferred to a remote mountain school where she is gang-raped and abused by the male students.REVIEW:

Plot: Completely irrelevant. The disc does not come with subtitles, which is a moot point because they would be useless. When subtitles are irrelevant you know you are not watching the Cat III version of Citizen Kane. Cat IIIs are… More

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Film Review: Madame O (1967) – CAT III

Posted on 09/28/2010 by Todd Martin

SYNOPSIS:

At the tender age of sixteen, Seiko (Michiko Aoyama) was sexually abused by three men. This horrifying attack scarred her mentally and resulted in her getting pregnant and infected with syphilis.

Now a well-respected doctor in Japan, she practices medicine by day and prowls the city streets at night in search of lovers. Possessing a raging desire for revenge against man, she destroys them with the one weapon they cannot resist…sex! Finally… More

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Film Review: Organ (1996) CAT III

Posted on 09/21/2010 by Todd Martin

SYNOPSIS:

Two undercover detectives investigating a black market organ harvesting scheme find themselves in trouble when the black market criminals find out who they really are. One detective is able to escape but the other is left behind and subjected to a variety of horrible things. The detective that was able to flee vows to find his missing partner and exact his revenge on his abductors. Will our hero be able to save his… More

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Film Review: Entrails of a Virgin (1986) – CAT III

Posted on 09/15/2010 by Todd Martin

 

 SYNOPSIS:

A pair of sleazy soft-core porn creators take their models out in the middle of nowhere for a photo shoot. On the way back they get lost and end up having to stay all night at a house they had come across. What they don’t know is that there is a demon stalking the area who calls this place home, and he enjoys killing anyone he comes in contact with. It becomes a… More

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Film Review: Rusted Body – Guts of the Virgin 3 (Gômon kifujin) (1987) – CAT III

Posted on 09/13/2010 by Ray Van Horn
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SYNOPSIS:

Oversexed female interrogator with a penchant for sadomasochism and torture plots a scheme with her deviant troupe to extort the considerable fortune of a city embezzler.

REVIEW:

Director: Kazuo “Gaira” Komizu

Cast: Keiko Asano, Saeko Kizuki, Ayu Kiyokawa, Ryota Sakanishi, Hirokazu Yoshihara, Hitomi Kazama

The Examination: Sicko exploitation film from 1987 featuring a few disgusting scenes of torture along with mondo sex. Right up your alley, you say? Careful what you wish for…

Here comes a gross shocker… More

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Film Review: Splatter Naked Blood (Nekeddo burâddo: Megyaku) (1995) – CAT III

Posted on 09/13/2010 by Jay Alan

SYNOPSIS:

A scientist named Eiji has developed a new chemical called ‘MySon’ that can turn pain into pleasure. He decides to put three girls who attend the experiment held by Eiji’s mother in the test. Meanwhile, Eiji has a crush on one of the girls, Rika. ‘MySon’ influences the girls gradually. The gluttonous woman wishes to have the best food in the world, but she ends up eating herself. The vain woman wishes to… More

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Film Review: Intruder (1997) – CAT III

Posted on 09/11/2010 by Arty Flores

SYNOPSIS:

Yieh Siu Yan is a deranged women wanted by the authorities of Taiwan. She will steal the identity of a lonely young woman to get back to Hong Kong. After that, she successfully passes every custom point and decides to become a hooker to kidnap a lonely guy to complete his enigmatic evil plan. The victim is Chen Chi Min, a poor divorced taxi driver who has a lot of family problems and… More

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Film Review: Cruel Restaurant (Zankoku hanten) (2008) – CAT III

Posted on 09/09/2010 by Ray Van Horn

SYNOPSIS:

There’s something strange going on with the filling in those dumplings the town’s raving about… What the hell are they made of?

REVIEW:

Director: Koji Kowano

Cast: Mihiro Taniguchi, Sakae Yamazaki, Katsuya Naruse, Yusuke Iwata, Miho Funatsu

The Examination: You truly won’t believe how the dumplings are prepared in this gonzo sex ‘n splat circus.

One thing about Asia’s Cat III films, you can count on the limits being pushed to the utmost extreme just short of… More

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Film Review: Beautiful Girl Hunter (1979) – CAT III

Posted on 09/08/2010 by Arty Flores

(aka Star of David: Beauty Hunting)

SYNOPSIS:

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REVIEW:

BEAUTIFUL GIRL HUNTER (1979)
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Producer: Yoshio Murai & Yoshihiro Yuhki
Writers: Masaaki Sato & Jiku Yamatoya
Actors: Yuka Asagiri * Yuko Asuka * Shu Domon * Hiromi Namino * Hiroshi Nawa * Asami Ogawa * Rei Okamoto

Every movie begins with the potential that you may be getting into something worthwhile, rewarding, or totally off the wall and… More

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Film Review: Devils Fetus (1983) – CAT III

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Arty Flores

Mo tai

SYNOPSIS:

A monster preys on innocent victims.

REVIEW:

DEVIL FETUS (1983)
Director: Hung Chuen Lau
Writer: Man Wah Tsang
Editor: David Wu
Producer: Wei Lo
Actors: Eddie Chan * Yung – Chan Chin * Pak – Kwong ho * Tan Lau * Saan Leung * Hsiu – Ling Lu * Shai fei Ouyang

Well, I quit my scumsucking job that I hated with the whitehot intensity of… More

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Film Review: All Night Long (1992) – CAT III

Posted on 09/02/2010 by Ray Van Horn

SYNOPSIS:

Three youths of differing walks-of-life develop an unhinged friendship after witnessing the gory slaying of a young girl and ultimately turn into murderers themselves on a night filled with bad karma. 

REVIEW:

Director: Katsuya Matsumura

Cast: Eisuke Tsunoda, Ryosuke Suzuki, Yoji Ietomi, Hiromasa Taguchi, Ryoka Suzuki, Yumi Goto, Yumi Kayama

The Examination: Hard-to-find Japanese extreme series makes its way to DVD courtesy of Tokyo Shock in the first of three films overseeing the violent side of… More

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Film Review: Red Room 2 (New Red Room: The Broken Dolls ) (2007) – CAT III

Posted on 08/29/2010 by HorrorNews.net

SYNOPSIS:

Daisuke Yamanouchi directs this shocking film that depicts a card game in which the winners dole out increasingly violent and perverse punishments to the losers. Just how creatively cruel can the winners get? And how much abuse will the losers take before they quit the twisted game? Miyuki Katô, Salmon Sakeyama, Yuka Takahashi, Yuuken Yoshida and Yukio Kokago star.

REVIEW:

Well if you’ve read my review on Red Room you already know the… More

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Film Review: Red Room (1999)- CAT III

Posted on 08/29/2010 by HorrorNews.net

SYNOPSIS:

A cult hit amongst gore enthusiasts, this campy splatter flick takes its plot cues from reality TV game shows. Four young people are locked in a room and play cards. When someone loses, they must endure some of the most gruesome torture imaginable. Luckily, the winner walks away, or limps rather, with $100,000. The success of this bare bones horror gem, directed by Japan’s V-cinema staple Daisuke Yamanouchi, spawned a sequel even more… More

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Film Review: Red to Kill (Yeuk saat) (1994) – CAT III

Posted on 08/29/2010 by Jay Alan

SYNOPSIS:

A psychopathic rapist, who attacks women that wear red, runs a home for retarded children and rapes a girl there who he sees wearing a red dress, leading to a revenge plot by the girl’s social worker

REVIEW:

Written by: Wong- Ho- Wah
Directed by: Billy Tang Hin-Sing
Starring: Lily Chung Suk-Wai, Ben NG Ngai- Cheung, Money Lo Man-Yi and Bat Leung Gum

Hell-o, seekers of the extreme. Look no further… More

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Film Review: Daughter of Darkness (1993) – CAT III

Posted on 08/28/2010 by Arty Flores

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SYNOPSIS:

Police suspect a young teenager who was horrifically abused by her family and raped by her father of finally snapping and slaughtering them all.

REVIEW:

DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
Director: Kai Ming Lai
Writer: Kai Ming Lai
Actors: Yuk – Kwan Chan * Pia Chin * Lily Chung - Kai – Kui Ho * Hugo Ng * Tony Wong
 
My big movie date is tonight! For a comic

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Film Review: Grotesque (aka Gurotesuku) (2009) – CAT III

Posted on 08/26/2010 by HorrorNews.net

SYNOPSIS:

A young couple get abducted by a perverse sadist named Tachikawa who ties them both up in his basement and begins torturing them. If either of them happens to pass out from the intense pain, he revives them with smelling salts before going back to work.

REVIEW:

Grotesque is really a mix of emotions. Brilliant, disgusting, well written, sadistic and painful to your sense beyond belief. Now if you are like me when… More

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Film Review: Flower of Flesh and Blood (Guinea Pig films) (1985) – CAT III

Posted on 08/25/2010 by HorrorNews.net


SYNOPSIS:

The second video, Za ginipiggu 2: Chiniku no hana (1985) is said to be based on a snuff film sent to the director Hideshi Hino by a crazed fan. In it, a man dressed as a samurai drugs a woman and proceeds to cut her apart, and finally adds her body parts to an extensive collection. The snuff film rumour has been shown to be a contemporary legend; the film was in fact… More

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Film Review: The Butcher (2008)

Posted on 08/18/2010 by HorrorNews.net

SYNOPSIS:

Relentlessly gruesome, South Korean filmmaker Kim Jin-Won’s torture flick chronicles the making of a snuff film from two perspectives: that of the sadistic producers and that of the unfortunate “stars.” Their terror captured through vérité-style camera work, the victims are made to endure the agonizing screams of their fellow captives before meeting their own grim fate at the hands the titular butcher in his bloody abattoir..

REVIEW:

Chances are you may have a… More

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